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this into the context not just of africa but of the broader fight against al qaeda, because president obama has often said that al qaeda is on its way to defeat and it's probably true that the central al qaeda organization which was one headed by osama bin laden and headquartered in pakistan probably matter a lot less now than a few years ago but what you have seen is that as we pit al qaeda in the core area in afghanistan and pakistan it splintered outward and moved outward. and now are you seeing, you know, like a virus trying to find a body in which it can find a weak host. it's moving out and becoming more powerful in places like yemen, somalia, libya, now mali. so it's moving further and further a field and there are so many weak states because this is where terrorists take root. they take root in failed states there are so many failed states in africa it is not just mali there are a lot of other places and now increasingly in north africa too because of the upheavals that we've seen in the last several years. there's very weak states that cannot resist the incursions of these islamist
this into the context not just of africa but of the broader fight against al qaeda, because president obama has often said that al qaeda is on its way to defeat and it's probably true that the central al qaeda organization which was one headed by osama bin laden and headquartered in pakistan probably matter a lot less now than a few years ago but what you have seen is that as we pit al qaeda in the core area in afghanistan and pakistan it splintered outward and moved outward. and now are you...
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welcome, harper. >> hello. >> hello. >> we spent a year talking about the role of social media in the campaign. how important were twitter, facebook, and +*eupbs gram to e campaign? >> well, it was -- it's interesting to look at 2008 versus 2012. because in 2008 things were just starting -- >> pelley: . >> they were new toys. >> people weren't using them. i like to say like my mom wasn't using them, you know? as more people use these, as more people -- america starts using these they're incredibly important, as you can imagine. >> and are they important because when you get friends or followers on facebook or twitter or tumble -r, amplifying the campaign's message, is that better than hearing it from a politician? >> i think it's more genuine. if i share with you and you're friends on facebook you listen to what i'm saying a little bit more than someone who's far aware shares to you. we see that -- i think it's the same thing as it always has been, which is it's much easier for me to hand you a pamphlet or much easier for me to send you a postcard than for a giant organization. now we
welcome, harper. >> hello. >> hello. >> we spent a year talking about the role of social media in the campaign. how important were twitter, facebook, and +*eupbs gram to e campaign? >> well, it was -- it's interesting to look at 2008 versus 2012. because in 2008 things were just starting -- >> pelley: . >> they were new toys. >> people weren't using them. i like to say like my mom wasn't using them, you know? as more people use these, as more people --...
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talks beautifully and smiles beautiful we have to be aggressive so perceptions are. the reality of politics here. again thank you very much for your thoughts some interesting stuff there scan each again from washington they say. my former us senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomb has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example will we back away from potential confrontation or in military involvement in syria will we back away from confrontation with iran will we withdraw all of the missile deployments system on russia's western borders there are things that he can do to radically shift it is second term away from that bush legacy. now israeli citizens will vote for tha
talks beautifully and smiles beautiful we have to be aggressive so perceptions are. the reality of politics here. again thank you very much for your thoughts some interesting stuff there scan each again from washington they say. my former us senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomb has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that...
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and michelle obama talked about her daughter's bmi being too high. the problem is, the president at the beginning had a goal of keeping kids out of politics, that's a laudable goal and worthy goal. i think he's right about that. the problem is the president when his back was up against the wall issue after issue used references to his other children and as so many other politicians did, use children period and he did that today. the n.r.a. point is about it's a double standard. the obama daughters get protection, of course they get protection, that's not revealing any substantive information, but why shouldn't other families get the same type of protection for their children, not secret service people, but gun protection or self-defense. i think that's the point they were trying to make. >> any objection for the presidents and republicans and democrats have been used for photo opes and the children, and i've seen the president stand up with soldiers, injured soldiers. >> the children of injured soldiers i know bush has probably done that as well, but
and michelle obama talked about her daughter's bmi being too high. the problem is, the president at the beginning had a goal of keeping kids out of politics, that's a laudable goal and worthy goal. i think he's right about that. the problem is the president when his back was up against the wall issue after issue used references to his other children and as so many other politicians did, use children period and he did that today. the n.r.a. point is about it's a double standard. the obama...
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for over three decades the sharpest sources, talk. >>> presidential mismaking. >> president obama arranged a new year's deal to elude the fiscal cliff. republicans and democrats both consented to the deal. now neither party is happy with the outcome. democrats complain that obama caved. because the president's plan allows george w. bush's tax cuts to become permanent. for those making less than $400,000 a year. these democrat critics fear that obama's second term instead of being quote, unquote bold will be quote, unquote cautious as his first term. and on the right, republicans moan and grown and say that -- groan and say that obama is demeaning in the way he deals with house speaker john boehner. hold on, says columnist rockman. we expect too much of obama he says because in the united states, we subscribe to the quote, unquote myth of the imperial presidency. other transformational democratic presidents such as fdr and lbj, rockman says, have substantial democratic majorities in both the senate and in the house to enact their landmark legislation. obama in contrast has had to work with
for over three decades the sharpest sources, talk. >>> presidential mismaking. >> president obama arranged a new year's deal to elude the fiscal cliff. republicans and democrats both consented to the deal. now neither party is happy with the outcome. democrats complain that obama caved. because the president's plan allows george w. bush's tax cuts to become permanent. for those making less than $400,000 a year. these democrat critics fear that obama's second term instead of being...
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speaking on the news, bob shafer talking about the president's comments, as he announced his proposal, look how he compares president obama taking on gun owners. >> surely, fines osama bin laden surely passing civil rights legislation, as lyndon johnson did, and surely defeating nazis, waa much more form it able task than taking on the gun lobby. this is a turning point in this country. and the president, is going to have to to do more than just make a speech about it, this is one of the best speeches i heard him deliver. but it will take more than that from the white house, he will have to get his hands dirty. lou: exciting when you hear a man talk truth to power like that. >> it soups like he was reading it -- it looked likely was reading it he scripted those, i think any time get into comparing anything to naziism, to gag like thatto -- going likn gone too far, talking about law abiding americans, i think that is about as far off base as you can get lou: steve? >> well, i don't disagree with what he is saying, i don't like language, like the gun lobby as if they are the enemy or th
speaking on the news, bob shafer talking about the president's comments, as he announced his proposal, look how he compares president obama taking on gun owners. >> surely, fines osama bin laden surely passing civil rights legislation, as lyndon johnson did, and surely defeating nazis, waa much more form it able task than taking on the gun lobby. this is a turning point in this country. and the president, is going to have to to do more than just make a speech about it, this is one of the...
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chief justice john roberts had note cards and the second term for president obama has begun, sworn in, today, in private. the ceremony is tomorrow. now our panel, editor of the weekly stand, bill kristol, associate editor of the hill and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. bill, obviously, we will talk about the second term and what is ahead but the speech and what lies ahead, tomorrow. >> condolences on the falcons. everyone admires you, you are not showing your hurt. i said congratulations to the 49ers. >> you are gracious. look, i assume the president will give not a partisan speech and he is capable of giving quite a good speech. i am curious what he will say about foreign policy. we are at a point this and i am worried personally about the next four years but i am curious how much, both that he ended the war in iraq and the war is receding or does he say american is signals something other than thorough retreat from the world which is how it looks. >>bret: we have the address tomorrow, but the state of the union in a couple of weeks away, what is the biggest challenge? >> w
chief justice john roberts had note cards and the second term for president obama has begun, sworn in, today, in private. the ceremony is tomorrow. now our panel, editor of the weekly stand, bill kristol, associate editor of the hill and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. bill, obviously, we will talk about the second term and what is ahead but the speech and what lies ahead, tomorrow. >> condolences on the falcons. everyone admires you, you are not showing your hurt. i said...
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and i'll talk about later in the program. seven examples of barack obama using executive powers, obamacare, he used it on executive appointments, recess appointments, et cetera, and no congressional approval on certain things and now this, now he's bypassing congress. what do you make of that power grab by the president? >> well, first of all, there are 23 of these. some of them the question is why are we doing that. for example, he's got an order to finally nominate and alcohol tobacco and firearms director? really? and mr. president, you shall finally meet your statutory responsibilities of nominating a director. we're going to provide the relevant data for the background check. we need an eo to tell them to meet the current obligations and require federal law enforcement officers to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations. why aren't we doing this already? part of it is why are we doing it and why do we have to do it? we're going to tell the centers for disease control to research the causes and preventions of gun
and i'll talk about later in the program. seven examples of barack obama using executive powers, obamacare, he used it on executive appointments, recess appointments, et cetera, and no congressional approval on certain things and now this, now he's bypassing congress. what do you make of that power grab by the president? >> well, first of all, there are 23 of these. some of them the question is why are we doing that. for example, he's got an order to finally nominate and alcohol tobacco...
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barack obama has now officially started his second term at the white house this hour we get expert on what to expect from the american president of the next four years but he'll make good on his promises. from. the hundreds of people have gathered in new york to pay their respects to arlen swartz internet freedom activist who committed suicide last week the twenty six year old computer prodigy's death came before his trial for allegedly hacking into mit online publication archives this week federal prosecutors dropped the charges against him but his family and friends say their legal pressures drove the activists to take his own life as a check of the reports. the crime downloading millions of academic papers in the public domain from a paid subscription database and the belief that they should be free. to essentially rocking out too many books in the library the punishment facing thirty years behind bars and a million dollar fine you're looking at a crime that essentially amounts to download a p.d.f. to a hard drive. no person was harmed. there was no financial benefit murder receive
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four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he's so far failed to keep from all of this let's talk to jeffrey laurenti and international relations senior fellow at the century foundation think tank mr lynch laurenti thank you very much for being with us now obama has always placed a lot of emphasis on foreign policy what do you expect will be the key challenges for him in the next four years well i think what we're going to see in the next four years are those big pieces that he had sought to address in the first term that thwarted being reenergized and we hope see more success on that and i think in this respect that we have first an end to the war in afghanistan second action on climate change in which he invested a fair amount of personal prestige at towards the end of his first year and then after the republicans took over one house of congress and it became clear it wasn't going to move in the congress any time soon it seemed to move back to the back burner of the agenda i think third we're going to see a revival on the nuclear nonproliferation front and his quest for nuclear
four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he's so far failed to keep from all of this let's talk to jeffrey laurenti and international relations senior fellow at the century foundation think tank mr lynch laurenti thank you very much for being with us now obama has always placed a lot of emphasis on foreign policy what do you expect will be the key challenges for him in the next four years well i think what we're going to see in the next four years are those big pieces that he had...
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i want to talk more in depth about that pressure since two thousand and ten of course peace talks have been frozen on the palestinian issue and then you have relations which are relatively tense between netanyahu and obama how much pressure do you think we could actually see in the future on the global stage i mean the past has really been a lesson that sometimes as much pressure is put on it it might not you know create a solution how do you see a way out of this. well you have noted several factors that will definitely be in the mindset of the israeli voter when he or she approached the ballot in less than twenty four hours and it is dangers such as international isolation dangers such as the third intifada or violent clash nonviolent uprisings on the palestinian front i think that the biggest pressure would come from the israeli public who as i said is primarily. seeking for the good life seeking for a sort of status quo and the status quo will not be realized will not be will not be possible without some progress on the israeli palestinian front so while netanyahu has been appeasin
i want to talk more in depth about that pressure since two thousand and ten of course peace talks have been frozen on the palestinian issue and then you have relations which are relatively tense between netanyahu and obama how much pressure do you think we could actually see in the future on the global stage i mean the past has really been a lesson that sometimes as much pressure is put on it it might not you know create a solution how do you see a way out of this. well you have noted several...
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all right well let's talk about iran war mongering with iran certainly seems to be used approval ratings for the election but has how prepared is israel for a real combat with terror on. well netanyahu came to power four years ago. vowing to and iran's quest for nuclear power he failed in that but he was mostly stopped by people from within israel from within the top ranks of the military the intelligence community as well as state president shimon peres this was a very rare coalition of people who see the military campaign against iran as a last resort not as some gamble on on a whim as. is perceived to be doing he cannot even if you win still more if you mean if you wins next week or so when president paris confers the coalition forming duty on him even if he does win that netanyahu will not be able to say that he want to mend it for a campaign against iran because this was not an issue at all in the complaint iran's nuclear britain i mean thank you very much for your thoughts that was a mere or an a senior correspondent columnist for the haaretz newspaper of will be closely watching t
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but i'd say right now it looks good now moving on to some of the international relations despite the talk of resurgence and compromises relations with russia remain tense more sanctions are being slapped on iran and there's a speculation of possible intervention in syria now what's your assessment on whether obama is making the world a safer place or even more dangerous. well i think this is one of the areas where we may see a subtle change in the obama administration certainly the first term was marked more by consistency with the broad foreign power of its in and. of george w. bush then by difference from and now if we look at the new team he's bringing in now there definitely are some signs of shift the most important such sign is the appointment of charcoal to be the new secretary of defense chuck hagel is i mean this is not mince words about this he's an hour right in the me of the neo cons in washington he'd love nothing more than to take them on the debate them his nomination is already opening the door for a debate about the iraq war and whether it was a big mistake for the countr
but i'd say right now it looks good now moving on to some of the international relations despite the talk of resurgence and compromises relations with russia remain tense more sanctions are being slapped on iran and there's a speculation of possible intervention in syria now what's your assessment on whether obama is making the world a safer place or even more dangerous. well i think this is one of the areas where we may see a subtle change in the obama administration certainly the first term...
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lawmakers talking about what president obama faces. watch this. seems like to me it is a lot like the old combativeness. remember the president said during the campaign that you can't solve problems from inside washington. there is only one guy that can actually lead in washington in a way that can find a solution to big problems and that is the president. he speaks in general terms. he likes the executive order approach a whole lot the better than the legislative approach. >> well, i think there is again where i think common ground does exist on the need to reduce the deficit in a balanced way that is going to help the economy grow amongst democrats on the hill and a few republicans. the barrier to the progress is not the president. we need to see more republicans in congress willing to compromise. >> there you have it. that is the grounds for the discussion that is going to be going on for some time i would expect. joining me now the anchor of "fox news sunday," chrisuaual wallace. good to be with you on a sunday, which is really your day. it st
lawmakers talking about what president obama faces. watch this. seems like to me it is a lot like the old combativeness. remember the president said during the campaign that you can't solve problems from inside washington. there is only one guy that can actually lead in washington in a way that can find a solution to big problems and that is the president. he speaks in general terms. he likes the executive order approach a whole lot the better than the legislative approach. >> well, i...
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good point the fact of the matter is that in syria here the policy we have from obama on down is for the overthrow of the assad government and this is borders into. directly with al-qaeda and al-qaeda linked networks that we work with in libya and if you want to look at the paradoxes and ironies of these of this french campaign us campaign in mali we're attacking al qaeda allegedly these are the same our cable networks that we work with in syria and then we work with would be to what's going on here and the reason we have more coverage of the syrian operation is this is the front end of a campaign that will bring us if it's not reverse we're going to be step by step by step getting closer to a confrontation of war with russia and china and that's the real date of the syrian crisis it's interesting perspective that lawrence freeman thank you very much indeed african desk editor executive intelligence review magazine joining me live here not in thanks not playing. the funeral for freedom of information activists aaron swartz is being held in chicago. and it's a twenty six year old was
good point the fact of the matter is that in syria here the policy we have from obama on down is for the overthrow of the assad government and this is borders into. directly with al-qaeda and al-qaeda linked networks that we work with in libya and if you want to look at the paradoxes and ironies of these of this french campaign us campaign in mali we're attacking al qaeda allegedly these are the same our cable networks that we work with in syria and then we work with would be to what's going on...
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we'll talk about that in a minute. plus yours truly in an ad for the nra of all things. brilliant idea that these lunatics had let's put more guns in school. wow, you got me on that. >> the media speaks for elites. america speaks for itself. >> cenk: i speak for the elites? i don't think they watch the show. they can start watching right now because it's go time. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> obama: we've got an obligation to try. >> the president today signed 23 executive orders. >> obama uses kids as human shields. >> some republicans say the white house effort is misguided. >> we're talking about gun safety and reducing gun violence not begun control. >> what republicans are upset mostly is stopping the legislation. >> he wants to go big on this. >> thethe national rifle association released a video. >> the national rifle association came out swinging. >> put more guns in school. wow, you got me on that. >> doing whatever it takes to get an a-grade from the gun lobby. >> from the overmajority support of their members. >> adam lanza still would have had access to guns. >>
we'll talk about that in a minute. plus yours truly in an ad for the nra of all things. brilliant idea that these lunatics had let's put more guns in school. wow, you got me on that. >> the media speaks for elites. america speaks for itself. >> cenk: i speak for the elites? i don't think they watch the show. they can start watching right now because it's go time. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> obama: we've got an obligation to try. >> the president today signed 23 executive...
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good evening, democrats. >> president obama's friend, massachusetts governor deval patrick talks to me about the president's next term, and about his own next steps. you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. [ man ] visa prepaid opened a new world for me. ♪ i have direct deposit on my visa prepaid. my paycheck is loaded right on my card. automatic. i am not going downtown standing in line to cash it. i know where my money is, because it is in my pocket. i got more time with my daughter, we got places to go. [ freeman ] go open a new world, with visa prepaid. more people go with visa. with visa prepaid. officemax can help you drive suand down.s down... use your maxperks card and get a 10-ream case of officemax multiuse paper for just 4.99 after maxperks rewards. find thousands of big deals now... at officemax. what's good for the pot... is even better for the cup. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house. now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. i've always had to keep my eye on
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president obama has rolled out a new round of talks with republicans on raising the government's borrowing limit in return for cuts to government spending. the u.s. faces a new deadline of potentially defaulting on its debt next month unless the debt ceiling can be increased. republicans have maintained their stance that any borrowing hike must be offset by slashing government spending. add is what does this conference on monday, obama called the republican demand unacceptable. >> republicans in congress have two choices. they can act responsibly and pay america's bills, or they can act irresponsibly of america through another economic crisis. but they will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. the financial well-being of the american people is not leveraged to be used. the full faith and credit of the u.s. is not a bargaining chip. >> the death toll from the syrian government airstrike on a northern town has reached at least 20 people in addition to around 100 wounded. the victims were gathered in the public market when syrian warplanes bombed them from t
president obama has rolled out a new round of talks with republicans on raising the government's borrowing limit in return for cuts to government spending. the u.s. faces a new deadline of potentially defaulting on its debt next month unless the debt ceiling can be increased. republicans have maintained their stance that any borrowing hike must be offset by slashing government spending. add is what does this conference on monday, obama called the republican demand unacceptable. >>...
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obama looking at bookshelf. they talked about the importance of this day. >> this inauguration, we're going to be -- it's a symbol of how our democracy work and how we peacefully transfer power but it should be an affirmation we're all in this together. >> molly: the vice president and his family participated in the national day of service. they filled care packages for deployed servicemen and women. mr. biden says the troops overseas that we remember them. the area around the washington monument there were opportunities for people that wanted to get involved. they could make cards for foster care children, create a mural, learn how to use recycled materials and more. here is what some of the participants said about the events. >> came all the way from las vegas for the inauguration and a day of service. >> i think it is important because we can take communities back to our community and communities can grow and prosper and pass on all the ideas that we have learned here. >> molly: also participating on the mall
obama looking at bookshelf. they talked about the importance of this day. >> this inauguration, we're going to be -- it's a symbol of how our democracy work and how we peacefully transfer power but it should be an affirmation we're all in this together. >> molly: the vice president and his family participated in the national day of service. they filled care packages for deployed servicemen and women. mr. biden says the troops overseas that we remember them. the area around the...
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this is not pie in the sky, this is common talk on the right, his presidency and barack obama and some of his issues. what i'm surprised by, and i respect mark a lot, there's so much whining going on here coming from the right about barack obama now fighting hard for the things that he believes in. you guys thought he was a wimp. you guys didn't think he was going to fight for the the stuff he cared about and now that he's fighting, you're whining about it and that's a sign of a losing political party. >> megyn: go ahead, mark. >> i'm not whining about anything, unlike his immediate predecessors, barack obama is not interested in bipartisan. compare him to george bush and bill clinton. george bush reached across the aisle with ted kennedy for the the no child left behind and bill clinton reached out to republicans and worked with them to pass the north american free trade agreement over objection of majority of democrats. where are barack obama's bipartisan achievement and legislatures he passed working with republicans against democrats? not a single issue he stakes a claim against hi
this is not pie in the sky, this is common talk on the right, his presidency and barack obama and some of his issues. what i'm surprised by, and i respect mark a lot, there's so much whining going on here coming from the right about barack obama now fighting hard for the things that he believes in. you guys thought he was a wimp. you guys didn't think he was going to fight for the the stuff he cared about and now that he's fighting, you're whining about it and that's a sign of a losing...
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in your piece you talk about religious freedom day. president obama said we remember religious liberty is not just an american human right it is liberty to protected here at home and across the globe of the why is the white house not more involved in this case? >> i think it is outrage just what we've seen from the state department so far. we held back on the criticism because we know it takes time for the executive branch of u.s. government handling all the different issues. they have had since july. we started representing pastor saeed when ripped off a bus. we represented him within 48 hours. they to the a call, to his wife been on fox news in the united states that they couldn't do anything. until last week when the media pressure and attention really turned up because of this hanging judge that was ounce noed. he is sanctioned by the european union. our own u.s. commission on international religious freedom said he should be sanctioned. until that happened and we got this letter from the pastor from jail saying he was beat and tor
in your piece you talk about religious freedom day. president obama said we remember religious liberty is not just an american human right it is liberty to protected here at home and across the globe of the why is the white house not more involved in this case? >> i think it is outrage just what we've seen from the state department so far. we held back on the criticism because we know it takes time for the executive branch of u.s. government handling all the different issues. they have...
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. >>> later in the hour we'll talk to timothy burke editor at deadspin.com, what an amazing piece of journalism they did. >>> president obama told the families of the victims of sandy hook he would take action. now he is. yesterday the president moved to tighten gun control laws and called on congress to do the same. he signed 23 executive actions that do not need a congressional approval, but he asked congress to ban military-style assault weapons and expand background checks to include all gun buyers. many members of congress however are lukewarm to the proposals. >>> boeing is taking a global hit, the 787 dreamliner grounded in europe, japan, and now here in the united states due to a potential fire risk from the onboard lithium batteries. united, the only u.s. carrier flying the dreamliner says it inspected all six of their 787s and insists they're safe but the company will comply with the faa order. >>> this just in to cnn, the international olympic committee has confirmed they have written to lance armstrong asking that he return his bronze medal. he won it for cycling in the 2
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let's talk about it with bob cusack, the managing editor of "the hill." i managed he is being criticized by republican lawmakers. there some democrats not too happy about this either. they're not being quite as vocal about it. is that true. >> that is definitely true, jon. fiscal cliff debate will divide republicans. this debate will divide democrats. democrats in conservative red leaning states up for re-election in the senate. they will not be voting for an assault weapons ban. assault weapons ban simply doesn't have vote to pass. other things done, background checks, restrictions on high past magazines? absolutely. tough spot for harry reid. he wants to keep the majority and republicans feel that democrats could overreach. this could be a political win for them. but the president will push very heart, no doubt about it. jon: he says he will push very hard. he promised that yesterday. he will do everything in necessary power to get things done. one of the things in his power is pick up the phone and call harry reid i need this out of the senate. i need
let's talk about it with bob cusack, the managing editor of "the hill." i managed he is being criticized by republican lawmakers. there some democrats not too happy about this either. they're not being quite as vocal about it. is that true. >> that is definitely true, jon. fiscal cliff debate will divide republicans. this debate will divide democrats. democrats in conservative red leaning states up for re-election in the senate. they will not be voting for an assault weapons...
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talking about time to raise the debt ceiling, right? president obama warned he will not enter into another game of brinkmanship as he referred to it over the debt sealing with republicans. >> the issue here is whether or not america pays its bills. we are not a deadbeat nation. if congressional republicans refuse to pay america's bills on time, social security checks and veterans benefits will be delayed. investors around the world will ask if the united states of america is in fact a safe bet. the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not a bargaining chip. martha: a lot of talk about the president's demeanor at that news conference yesterday. we'll get into that a little bit more coming up but for now does this really come down to an issue of raising the spending limit or defaulting on our credibility as the president has talked about. let's bring in stuart varney, host of "varney & company" on fox business network. so, stuart, you feel the way he is framing this is incorrect? >> yes. we're not going to default, per
talking about time to raise the debt ceiling, right? president obama warned he will not enter into another game of brinkmanship as he referred to it over the debt sealing with republicans. >> the issue here is whether or not america pays its bills. we are not a deadbeat nation. if congressional republicans refuse to pay america's bills on time, social security checks and veterans benefits will be delayed. investors around the world will ask if the united states of america is in fact a...
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we'll talk about all that coming up. all right. get back to washington for a moment. republican lawmakers are slamming president obama for using the newtown school shooting to his own, quote, political advantage. texas senator ted cruz, he is a new senator. he says that the president, he believes is on a power trip. here's what he said. >> this is a president i think who has drunk the kool-aid. he is feeling high on his own power and he is pushing on every front. on guns. i think it is really sad to see the president of the united states exploiting the murder of children, and using it to push his own extreme anti-gun agenda. martha: very strong words there from senator ted cruz from texas. joined by juan williams, fox news political analyst. mary katharine ham, editor-at-large at hotair.com and fox news contributor. she had so much fun yesterday she came back again for more. good morning. juan, strong words from the senator. what do you think about that? >> you know, so sad. he is talking about kool-aid. i think he is the one that is drinking the kool-aid in terms of
we'll talk about all that coming up. all right. get back to washington for a moment. republican lawmakers are slamming president obama for using the newtown school shooting to his own, quote, political advantage. texas senator ted cruz, he is a new senator. he says that the president, he believes is on a power trip. here's what he said. >> this is a president i think who has drunk the kool-aid. he is feeling high on his own power and he is pushing on every front. on guns. i think it is...
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. >>> and when president obama took office four years ago, of course, what was the mood? well, the inauguration, it was jubilant, but going into a second term he's facing a much harder road. atlanta's mayor is joining us to talk about those challenges. >>> i think the main mission of what we're trying to dos in our lab, drag psychology kicking and screaming into the 21st century. >> a wimped of the virtual world. >> we're sort of like the unique alliance of hollywood, the military and academia. >> also a chief combatant in u.s. military's battle against post-traumatic stress disorder. ptsd. >> it's not unique to combat, but for veterans what it's become one of the signature woods of iraq and afghanistan. >> skip rizzo. he first graped headlines back in 2006 with his virtual reality ptsd therapy for vets. today he's getting in front of the problem with strive. my colleague chris lawrence got a first look. >> i want to prepare people to deal with stress better. if that doesn't work out, help them fight through the challenges in the aftermath of stress. >> hi. i'm skip ruse
. >>> and when president obama took office four years ago, of course, what was the mood? well, the inauguration, it was jubilant, but going into a second term he's facing a much harder road. atlanta's mayor is joining us to talk about those challenges. >>> i think the main mission of what we're trying to dos in our lab, drag psychology kicking and screaming into the 21st century. >> a wimped of the virtual world. >> we're sort of like the unique alliance of...